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Jacqueline Myers (r.) and her ten year-old daughter Amira walk away after leaving a teddy bear on the door step of eight year-old Martin Richard's home in the Dorchester neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Amira Myers was a schoolmate of Martin Richard, one of the victims of two explosions which hit the Boston Marathon. Brian Snyder/Reuters

A participant flies a kite in the shape of a horse during a kite fair in Weifang, Shandong province, China. China Daily/Reuters

A seaman striker reads a newspaper as the ferries are docked during a 24-hour nationwide strike by Greek seamen's union in the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece. The union called the strike to protest labor reforms that unions say will undermine their collective bargaining rights. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP

Backdropped by the landmark commonly known as, Big Ben, a warning sign for road closures at the forthcoming London Marathon is displayed along the marathon route in London. British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon because of the bombs that killed three people at the marathon in Boston. Sang Tan/AP

A worker puts finishing touches on a mask of Pope Francis at a factory assembly line in Sao Goncalo near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The masks are manufactured for sale to stores specializing in costumes. Pope Francis confirmed that he will go to Rio de Janeiro at the end of the July to take part in the Church's World Day of Youth. Sergio Moraes/Reuters

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures during a news conference after his visit to the Swiss Parliament building in Bern. The Dalai Lama is on a five-day visit to Switzerland. Pascal Lauener/Reuters

A man sits on the seawall near a dead tree at Muara Karang district in Jakarta, Indonesia. Beawiharta/Reuters

Ultra-orthodox Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City. Israel is celebrating its annual Independence Day, marking 65 years since the founding of the state in 1948. Bernat Armangue/AP

A rescue worker helps villagers leave their houses as water from the Stviga river overflows its banks during spring flooding in the village of Ozerany, south of Minsk, Belarus. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

People evacuate buildings and call their relatives after a tremor of an earthquake was felt in Karachi, Pakistan. A major earthquake described as the strongest to hit Iran in more than half a century flatted homes and offices near Iran's border with Pakistan. Shakil Adil/AP

A member of Charlie Circle, a Charlie Chaplin fan-club gets made up before the annual parade to celebrate the birthday of Charlie Chaplin, in Adipur, Gujarat state, India. Canes in hand and bowler hats firmly in place, dozens of impersonators tramped through the streets of this small port town to celebrate the birthday of the legendary comic actor and filmmaker. Ajit Solanki/AP

South Korean soldiers participate in a military drill near the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul. North Korea issued new threats against South Korea, vowing 'sledge-hammer blows' of retaliation if South Korea did not apologise for anti-North Korean protests the previous day. Park Jung-Ho/News1/Reuters

Makuxi Indian children play in the patio of the ruins of a farmhouse built by non-Indian settlers before the demarcation of the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory, in Roraima, Brazil. The area was demarcated four years ago as an Indian reservation with all non-native farmers and ranchers ordered evicted from the area by the Supreme Court. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters